System properties of ErbB receptor signaling for the understanding of cancer progression

Mol Biosyst. 2007 Feb;3(2):111-6. doi: 10.1039/b612800a. Epub 2006 Dec 18.

Abstract

An intracellular signal transduction network constitutes an assembled machinery to control the dynamics of kinase-phosphatase cascade and gene expression. Spatio-temporal analyses of the cellular process can explain the biochemical role of the receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer development from a system point of view.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dimerization
  • Disease Progression
  • Epidermal Growth Factor / metabolism
  • ErbB Receptors / metabolism
  • ErbB Receptors / physiology*
  • Feedback, Physiological
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Epidermal Growth Factor
  • ErbB Receptors